Articles

August 2007 Timed Out

Article by Tracy Cook in the Guardian published in the Society pages on 8th August 2007.
Guardian_Timed_out_08.08.07.doc

Letters about the article published in the Guardian Society pages on 15th August.
Guardian_Timed_Out_Letters.doc


July 2007 Legal Clinics in Ontario

Article by Steve Hynes in Legal Action in August 2007. Steve Hynes, director of the Law Centres Federation, was invited to speak at the tenth annual conference of the Association of Community Legal Clinics of Ontario (ACLCO), in Canada, in May 2007. In this article, he describes the similarities and differences between Law Centres® in the UK and their counterparts in Ontario

Legal_Clinics_in_Ontario_August_2007.pdf


July 2007 Law Centres and the History of Legal Aid

Two articles in Socialist Lawyer published by Haldane Society of Socialist Lawyers Socialist Lawyer The first article on Law Centres is by Clara Connolly from North Kensington Law Centre and Kathy Meade from Hackney Community Law Centre.  The second article on the history of legal aid is by Jamie Ritchie from Brent Community Law Centre.

Socialsit_Lawyer_July_2007.pdf

A longer version of Jamie’s article ‘There was never a golden era of Legal Aid’. is here: Jamie_Ritchie_article_July_07_(longer_version).doc


June 2007 Extending Legal Aid to Tribunals

Article by Steve Hynes and Paul Draycott in Legal Action in June 2007.
Extending_Legal_Aid_to_Tribunals.pdf


April 2007 Legal Aid: The Fight is On

Article in April’s edition of Socialist Lawyer.  Socialist Lawyer is published by the Haldane Society.

Socialist_Lawyer_Article_April_2007.pdf


April 2007 What ever happened to justice for all ?

Article in the Independent Lawyer published in April 2007 as part of a Law Centre Special.

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Independent_Lawyer_Law_Centre_Special_April_2007.pdf

April 2007 Life Under the Westway

Article in Independent Lawyer in April 2007 as part of a Law Centre Special edition.  The article follows the history of North Kensington Law Centre. the first Law Centre pioneered by Peter Kandler in 1970. Independent_Lawyer_-_Life_under_the_Westway_April_2007.pdf


April 2007 Waiting for the killer blow

Article in the Independent Lawyer in April 2007 as part of a Law Centre Special edition. 
Independent_Lawyer_Law_Centre_Special_cont_April_2007.pdf


February 2007 On the wrong side of the law

Article by Tracy Cook in the Guardian 21st February 2007. On_the_wrong_side_of_the_law_21st_February_2007.doc


February 2007 Is there life after CLACs?

Feature in Legal Action by Steve Hynes following the announcement that the Proposed Community Legal Advice Centre (CLAC) will not go ahead in Leicester until at least April 2008.Is_there_life_after_CLACS_Feb_07.pdf